October 26, 2016

Embed from Getty Images While there is much concern from the outside about the health of Jake Virtanen’s shoulder these days, the bigger issue seems like a crisis of confidence for the second year Vancouver Canuck power forward. Virtanen has yet to leave a mark on any of the five games he’s played this season…

Embed from Getty Images Good news everyone! For those of you that cried foul of the lack of asset management, Emerson Etem is back on waivers! For those of you that didn’t care, go about your business. The Canucks have a lack of forward depth this season, and even if you didn’t like Etem in…

Well, so much for the Canucks hot start. After starting the season 4-0-0, the Canucks have dropped three consecutive games to a 4-2-1 record. They haven’t looked particularly good in any of those losses either. Naturally, injuries have played a role. The Canucks are already down Anton Rodin, Derek Dorsett, Alexandre Burrows and Chris Tanev….

Embed from Getty Images Coming off of their first regulation loss of the season, the Canucks returned to Rogers Arena Tuesday night to face Erik Karlsson and the Ottawa Senators. It’s always fun to watch a game-changing defenseman and Troy Stecher did very well in his debut. In fact, his neat breakouts and crisp passes were…

Embed from Getty Images It’s the return of the Canucks Army podcast for the 2016-2017 hockey season. J.D. Burke and myself will be your hosts for this hockey season and this is the first of a line of weekly instalments. We begin the inaugural episode by taking stock of the Canucks four game winning streak…